---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making financial services available to marijuana producers, processors, retailers, qualifying patients, health care professionals, and designated providers as authorized under chapters 69.50 and 69.51A RCW."
description: "Making financial services available to marijuana producers, processors, retailers, qualifying patients, health care professionals, and designated providers as authorized under chapters 69.50 and 69.51A RCW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5928"
citation: "Washington SB 5928 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "LIQUOR AND CANNABIS BOARD", "DRUGS", "HEALTH CARE", "BUSINESSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-23"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94708633-d942-49b2-8729-0bfca5740f82"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5928&year=2017"
source_hash: "fa6499ac1678729af2fa2d45ba7f39afc9c47d40035dc007a699bf5d13145ed7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 5928 (2017-2018) — Making financial services available to marijuana producers, processors, retailers, qualifying patients, health care professionals, and designated providers as authorized under chapters 69.50 and 69.51A RCW.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5928.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5928-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5928-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#25) — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **38–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rivers — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-23** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-18** FI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-18** FI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 68, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94708633-d942-49b2-8729-0bfca5740f82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).